Kalisz

Kalisz, capital of a government (area, 4390 sq. m. ; pop. 850,000) in Russian Poland, 132 miles WSW. of Warsaw. Pop. 22,750.

Kalmar

Kalmar, a seaport of Sweden, capital of a Ian or county (area, 4436 sq. m.; pop. 231,396), on an island in Kalmar Sound, opposite the island of Oland. It has a good harbour, a handsome cathedral, and a castle, in which, on 20th July 1397, was signed the 'Union of Kalmar.' The manufactures include matches, chicory, and tobacco, and some shipbuilding. Population, 12,720.

Kalna

Kalna, or Culna, a town of Bengal, 47 miles N. of Calcutta and 28 E. of Bardwan, on the Bhagirathi (Hooghly). Pop. 10,463.

Kalocsa

Kalocsa, a town of Hungary, near the Danube, 86 miles S. of Budapest by rail. It has a cathedral, archbishop's palace, and observatory. Pop. 12,789.

Kalpi

Kalpi, a town in the North-western Provinces of India, stands among rugged ravines near the bank of the Jumna, 50 miles SW. of Cawnpore. Here on 23d May 1858 Sir Hugh Rose defeated 12,000 mutineers. Pop. 14,306.

Kaluga

Kalu'ga, chief town of a Russian government, 76 miles by rail NW. of Tula and 188 SSW. of Moscow. It has a large trade. Pop. 50,610. Area of government, 11,942 sq. m.; pop. 1,244,018.

Kama

Kama, the principal affluent of the Volga, rises in the Russian government of Vyatka, and joins the Volga 43 miles below Kazan. The Kama is navigable from Perm (930 miles). It is free of ice about 200 days in the year, and is one of the great highways of communication between Siberia and Nijni Novgorod and St Petersburg.

Kamakura

Kamakura, a coast village of Japan, 12 miles S. of Yokohama. It dates from the seventh century, and was the capital of the Shogunate for 400 years, but is now only of interest to tourists for its beauties and its famous bronze image of Buddha, the Dai-butsu, 50 feet high.

Kamaran

Kama'ran, a little island in the Red Sea, on the Arabian side, nearly opposite Massowah, with an area of 102 sq. m., and inhabited by a few fishermen. It was annexed by Britain in 1858.

Kambakonam

Kambakonam. See Combakonum.

Kamenetz-Podoisk

Kamenetz-Podoisk (Polish Kamieniec), capital of the Russian government of Podolia, near the frontier of Austrian Galicia, on a steep rock above an affluent of the Dniester, 243 miles NW. of Odessa. There are a Roman Catholic cathedral (1361), a Greek cathedral (16th century), and an Armenian church. Pop. 36,630.

Kamenz

Kamenz, a small manufacturing town of Saxony, 22 miles NE. of Dresden by rail. It was the birthplace cf Lessing. Pop. 9211.

Kamerun

Kamerun. See Cameboons.

Karnes

Karnes, (1) a Berwickshire mansion, 6 miles E. of Greenlaw. - (2) A castellated mansion, John Sterling's birthplace, in Bute, 2| miles NNW. of Rothesay.

Kamesburgh

Kamesburgh. See Port Bannatyne.

Kamloops

Kamloops, a station on the Thompson tributary of the Fraser River, British Columbia, 230 miles NE. of New Westminster.

Kampen

Kampen, a town of Holland, near the mouth of the Yssel, 5 1/2 miles by rail NW. of Zwolle. It was formerly a Hanse town, and has partly recovered since 1850 the trade which left it as the Yssel sanded up. The church of St Nicholas is one of the finest mediaeval churches in the country. Pop. (1840) 7760; (1900)19,700. Kampen is the Gotham of the Dutch.